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System Architecture
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How D-ATM WorksOn this page: How D-ATM WorksDigital Access to Medication (D-ATM) acts as a central repository and sends a selected set of opioid addiction treatment-related data. Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) communicate with the database in an automated fashion. On a daily basis, participating programs will automatically send a limited, but core, data set to D-ATM, thereby ensuring that information is timely. This is accomplished through the Application Program Interface (API). In turn, an OTP may access the needed data if it becomes necessary to provide treatment (as a "guest OTP") to a patient who usually obtains treatment at a different facility (their "home OTP"). Patient privacy and personal information security are of the highest priority in this project, and they are key design elements of D-ATM. Security of patient information is ensured through the following:
D-ATM records are set up in a way that prevents outside parties from associating information in the system with a specific individual. To associate the records to the proper individual, the individual's finger needs to be scanned, and the proprietary algorithm must be matched up with the finger scan's minutiae. D-ATM does not keep any copies of finger scan images, and processing is done in real-time with no residual storage of images. Only then can the random identifier be called up and associated with the maintained medical data stored by the system. Use of D-ATM in an OTPPatient participation in D-ATM is voluntary and is not required for continued treatment. If a patient chooses to participate, he or she will need to go through a brief, one-time enrollment. The following procedures will be followed:
The system generates a patient identifier number to be associated with the patient's minutiae, medicine order, and dosing records. Patient data can only be accessed with the patient's approval. From the perspective of OTP staff, D-ATM has been designed so that it places minimum burden on staff. For the pilot, D-ATM is being designed to integrate with several medical recordkeeping systems already in use by many OTPs.
In either setting, the most time-consuming activity will be the patient's initial enrollment. This will generally take less than 1 minute per patient. "Guest" visits that occur during a disaster or other service disruption will consist of little more than taking a finger scan and retrieving the patient's medicine order and recent dosing history. Benefits of D-ATMIf a patient needs to find treatment at a program other than their usual OTP, D-ATM will enable staff at the guest OTP to verify that the individual is a current patient in approved medical treatment for opioid addiction and to automatically access the patient's necessary medicine and dosage information. Additionally, a guest program accessing D-ATM will be able to:
These benefits are packaged in an easy-to-use, automated fashion relying on no more than a quick finger scan. |
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